Apparatus for cutting plate-glass.



M. BIGHEROUXf APPARATUS FOR CUTTING PLATE GLASS;

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1 ,105,610, Patented Aug; 4, 1-914;

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APPARATUS FOR CUTTING PLATE-GLASS.

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Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented Aug. 4-, 1914.

Original application filed July 25, 1912, Serial No. 711,439. Dividedand this application filed October 15,

'l/l; o7? 'T/l/HN, it may concern lie it known that l, lllAXBurnt-Linux, a

subject at the King of llelgrium, residing at -la--=T, ,l1a etle,Ithineland. (lermany, have 'iirented a new and useful ripparatus torbutting llate-(ilass, of which the following 5; :i ieation.

' cntion relates to novel and ellicient urzuus for cutting plate glassin plastic cunitil'i n into units, the present applioation b ing; adivision of an application lilcd by me on the 25 th day of July, 191.),under Serial No. Wh t-39.

in. the accompanying drawing: Figure l is a front view of part of anapparatus cinbodyino' my invention; Fig. 2, an end view thereot; Fig. 3,an enlarged cross-section through the cutter, showing adjoining tablesin view; Fig. 4, a front view of a modilieation ot' the invention; andFig. 5, an end view thereof.

The letters a, c represent a numberot' adjacent pouring tables orsurfaces, which are so arranged, that an open space or gap is left,between each pair of adjoining tables. 'ihrtuigli each of these openspaces, there is free to move, in a vertical plane, a cutter c, which.in I igs. 'l-3 by pin a shown to be pivoted to the tables. Each cuttercomprises two spaced parallel cutting blades, '5, which, when the cutteris l0wered,'as indicated by the arrow in llig. 2, will move along thetwo stationary edges f, f, of the adjacent tables 0, thus cutting theglass; If desired, the two co iperating blades 21 may be made integralby constructing the cutter of U-shapcd cross section (Fig. 3).

The cutter is preferably so constructed,

that its blades when disengaged from the space between the tables are ata distance apart slightly greater thanthe width of said space, so thatwhen the cutter islowered, its blades will exert a pressure laterallyagainst the edges of the tables. This construction of the blades has theadvantage of making a very clean cut andv of imparting greater strengthto the cutter itself.

In Figs. 45, thev cutter instead of being pivoted, is adapted to ,movevertically between the tables, its ends being guided in Serial No.795,303.

parallel uprights 71. which may be fixed or may be movable along railsor similar guides A: as shown, so that they may he moved from space tospace.

I claim:

1. ln apparatus for cuttingplate glass in plastic coiulition, the emibination with two spaced, stat ionary, pouring tables in the sameplane and having parallel cutting edges adja ent to the space betwv rnthem, of two cutting blades reciprocating in substantially verticalplanes and in position to co-aet with said edges, respectively, todivide the glass along the margin of each table.

2. In apparatus for cutting plastic plate glass, the combination withtwo spaced pourin; tables fixedin the same plane and having outtimgedges adjacent to the space between them, of two connected cuttingblades adapted to co-act with said edges, respectively, and arranged tobe moved sinniltaneously in planes perpendicular" to tire tables intoand out of said space to sever along said edges plastic glass spanningthe space. i

3. In apparatus of the class described, the tombination with spacedpouring tables fixed in the same plane and having substantially parallelcutting edges adjacent to the space between them, of two parallelcutting blades having their cutting margins nor-- mally slightly morewidely separat d than are said edges, adapted to count with the latter,respectively, and arranged to be reeiprocated in the vertical .lane ofsaid space to sever glass upon the ta )les.

l. In apparatus of the class desmrihed, the combination with spacedpouring tables lixed in the same plane and having approxi matelyparallel cutting edges next the spdhe between them, of a cutterconsisting of two blades connected along their non-cutting margins,having cutting margins adapted to eo-act simultaneously with said edges,respeetively, and arranged to be forcibly moved into and out of saidspace to sever and space glass extending across the latter.

MAX BHJIHCIUJUX Witnesses:

ALBERT Maren, GUSTAV Gunmen.

